Senior Product Manager
Location: US, NY, new
Department: Product
Employment type: Full-time
Function: Engineering

Company profile:
Essence is a global digital agency and the world’s largest independent buyer of digital media. We blend data science, objective media and captivating experiences to build valuable connections between brands and consumers. Clients include Google, eBay, Expedia and Barclays. The agency is more than 450 people strong, manages over $650MM in media spend and deploys campaigns in 71 markets via offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore and Tokyo. Visit #URL_8e50d8d149326ce48cb8ad889fec9d1d9cedc92a1bb13049c3c338e2c9921049# for more information, and follow us on Twitter at @essencedigital

Job description:
Essence is a global digital agency and the world's largest independent buyer of digital media. We blend data science, objective media and captivating experiences to build valuable connections between brands and consumers. Clients include Google, eBay, Expedia and Barclays. The agency is more than 450 people strong, manages over $650MM in media spend and deploys campaigns in 71 markets via offices in London, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Singapore and Tokyo.Visit #URL_8e50d8d149326ce48cb8ad889fec9d1d9cedc92a1bb13049c3c338e2c9921049# for more information and follow us on Twitter at @essencedigital.The Role:As a Senior Product Manager you will apply Agile principles, practices, and techniques to ensure the optimal delivery of technical products which are simple, intuitive and have maximum revenue potential.Your time will be split as follows:Writing select requirements and user stories by gathering feedback and input from the Business and end users (25%)Prioritizing and pruning the product backlog (15%)Working to unblock developers, answer questions, clarify edge cases and ensure each Epic, Task and Sub-task is properly vetted and documented. (25%)Create and track KPI’s, quantify and measure the success of features, work on the overall product roadmap and perform competitive analysis of specific features and competitors. (25%)Performing other agile tasks such as the Sprint Retrospective, demo and feature review meetings. (10%)Some of the things we’d like you to do:Product Manager Duties &amp; ResponsibilitiesGather, prioritize and organize features into key MVP’s.Encourage the team to iterate and push code on a continuous basis.Work with business, Dir. of Engineering and your own development team to define the vision, goals and objectives for the product to create an actionable plan, a roadmap of incremental improvements and iterative development that will deliver revenue to the business.Proactively communicate product status, issues &amp; risks to the team and management.Organise and facilitate a high performance Agile process; daily standups, sprint retrospectives; sprint demo, and feature review meetings.Educating other team members in Agile - leading by example.Find and work to remove development and project roadblocks; motivate the development team and keep them excited to move forward; protect the team from outside distractionsManage day-to-day tasks to ensure that daily, sprint and release commitments are being upheldLead, motivate and influence a broad range of personalitiesA bit about yourself:You bring a strong urgency to the business.Experience in an Agile product development team (not Water-fall)Strong understanding of internet technologies and tracking methodologies in general (both desktop and mobile)Strong spoken and written communication skills to give you, in combination with the above hard skills, the necessary credibility and influence internally and externallyConfidence, energy and urgency to inspire and motivate the teamAbility to learn and understand fast complex systems and processesCreativity and the ability to think outside of the boxEager to learn new concepts and challenge the existing business frameworkThrives in a challenging, fast paced and dynamic working environmentWhat you can expect from Essence:This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing, dynamic agency which is doing cutting edge-work for key clients in the digital industry. You will get the opportunity to take on additional responsibilities and to build on your skills and experience all within a fun and rewarding working environment!

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